The Early Intervention Foundation has expressed concerns over this revelation, despite the government’s investment of £54 million in child psychology therapies.

The article, which reproduces real-life 999 calls by children asking for help in their homes whilst they witness or hear extreme domestic violence, makes for harrowing reading. Concerning also is that it seems as if most support groups only cater to a specific age group, resulting in little or no help for very young children.

Our question to you then, is this: what could we do to make support for children who experience domestic violence in the home better, in terms of prevention, protection and support?

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” what could we do to make support for children who experience domestic violence in the home better, in terms of prevention, protection and support?”

Begin retraining judges and child protectors to stop awarding custody to perpetrators of domestic violence and punishing the protective parents.
Stop blaming the victims and stop labeling protective mothers as feeble minded.
Stop rewarding the perpetrators and making excuses for them.
This is happening in a high % of cases.
What is happening now in UK, USA and Ireland is sending out the message to the next generation of children, that domestic violence is rewarded and then we see these children using violence against their parents and partners.

Why not, when these children have learned as children that violence is rewarded and protecting from violence is punished by court judges, etc.

Anyone who knows the work of Barry Goldstein and Charles Pragnell and Phyllis Chesler know the proof is all there re re training and dispelling old myths re Eve ill protective mothers and their lying children.

Children are too often snatched from parents who shout at each other .If they did that in Italy every child in the country would end up in State care !
Physical violence is another thing but “one strike and you are out” is too severe unless one parent ends up in hospital.
Unfortunately as Catherine points out above, for some obscure reason judges often award the child to the perpetrator of violence and condemn the other parent for failing to protect !
It’s a funny old world !